I'm Going To China to Marry My Fiancee, How Do I?

[notmuch88tosay 21]

I've a break, so I'm writing

1. get a certificate of marriageability showing status, at a US Embassy/Consulate in China. Need appointment, so hit up the website, make an appointment. Bring 50 bucks USD.

2. [hukuo city] go to the marriage office in the civil affairs office, ask them WHERE TO GO for notarial translation into Chinese.

3. [hukuo city] get the chinese notarial translation of your certificate of marriageability

4. [hukuo city] go back to the marriage office, with passport and thing gotten in #3. Pay monies, register marriage.

Yer Done.

Some families wish to throw big party for the marriage, suggest you OPT IN to that, bring about 12 grand (USD) and give to yer wife. If you have a big party, expect to get a lot of money back, in the red envelopes that all guests will bring.

5. [hukuo city] get the chinese marriage book translated into English, a notarial translation (white book) at the office listed here:

white books - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/228853-notarial-birth-certificate/ do that before you leave China.

6. scan the entire white book into a pdf file, email it to yerself, you'll need it later . Do that before you leave China .

7. Scan her passport and china id into pdf files, email it to yerself. Do that before you leave China .

After you file the I-130, you wait a bit. When the casefile gets to NVC, she needs more white books, specifically her birth certificate and police clearance certificate (gotten at the hukuo city or the big district office ) . When doing 5, find out how they handle that stuff from hukuo-listed members, as she's probably not going to be in that hukuo city when it's time to collect the documents. DO NOT GET THE PCC when you are in her hukuo city, as it will expire by the time you need it at NVC.

That's it - the cliff notes version. Good Luck !

Hi Darnell,

Awesome! Thanks; exactly what I needed, step-by-step clear and consise.

I appreciate your help very much.

One more thing, can anyone here explain to me what a 'hukuo city' is? I tried searching for this term on Wikipedia and no results were found.

And if you can throw in the definition for a 'white book' also, that will be great.

Thanks again Darnell.

Take care,

notmuch88tosay

[fting 0]

Hi Darnell,

Awesome! Thanks; exactly what I needed, step-by-step clear and consise.

I appreciate your help very much.

One more thing, can anyone here explain to me what a 'hukuo city' is? I tried searching for this term on Wikipedia and no results were found.

And if you can throw in the definition for a 'white book' also, that will be great.

Thanks again Darnell.

Take care,

notmuch88tosay

Hukou: every Chinese citizen has a Hukou book, a little brownish book that binds a person to an address. Usually in that little Hukou book, it lists one more persons who live in a particular address. Your wife has her Hukou book, and the address on it, is the "Hukou city".

White book: Every official document in Chinese, you have to get a certified translation in English. There are authorized translation agencies in China in almost every major city. The certified translation they make, is the "white book". It has a white cover, and the translations inside.

[unlockingsky 94]

Hukou: every Chinese citizen has a Hukou book, a little brownish book that binds a person to an address. Usually in that little Hukou book, it lists one more persons who live in a particular address. Your wife has her Hukou book, and the address on it, is the "Hukou city".

White book: Every official document in Chinese, you have to get a certified translation in English. There are authorized translation agencies in China in almost every major city. The certified translation they make, is the "white book". It has a white cover, and the translations inside.

just go to the notary public and they will give you the necessary information to get your required documents. if you dont know what hokou is, your fiance can explain it. this is a opportunity to familiarize yourself with the notary public. if your are looking what required documents and steps needed, then reread darnell's post.

[Darnell 8,479]

And if you can throw in the definition for a 'white book' also, that will be great.

No la - instead, I gave you a link. Click it, read all.

Good Luck !

[notmuch88tosay 21]

Hukou: every Chinese citizen has a Hukou book, a little brownish book that binds a person to an address. Usually in that little Hukou book, it lists one more persons who live in a particular address. Your wife has her Hukou book, and the address on it, is the "Hukou city".

White book: Every official document in Chinese, you have to get a certified translation in English. There are authorized translation agencies in China in almost every major city. The certified translation they make, is the "white book". It has a white cover, and the translations inside.

Hi fting,

Thanks again for your help and for the info.

Your help is very much appreciated and will always be remembered.

Take care,

notmuch88tosay

just go to the notary public and they will give you the necessary information to get your required documents. if you dont know what hokou is, your fiance can explain it. this is a opportunity to familiarize yourself with the notary public. if your are looking what required documents and steps needed, then reread darnell's post.

Thanks unlockingsky,

I appreciate your reply.

Take care,

notmuch88tosay

[notmuch88tosay 21]

No la - instead, I gave you a link. Click it, read all.

Good Luck !

Thanks again Darnell,

You set me on the right track and have made it that much more likely that things will work out during my trip to China.

Your help will always be appreciated.

notmuch88tosay